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Bernard Mandeville
Definition
- Bernard Mandeville was Dutch and English. One of the first modern thinkers to address the relationship between morals and economics, Mandeville is renown for his claim that a prosperous society could be brought about only by self-interested, not virtuous, individuals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Business Ethics and Society; Mandeville, Bernard (1670–1733)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Bernard_Mandeville
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